Charles Claude “Claude” Fortney Sr.

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Charles Claude “Claude” Fortney Sr.

Birth
Tunnelton, Preston County, West Virginia, USA
Death
16 Feb 1988 (aged 90)
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Christus 20-B #3
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Claude was a coal cutter in the northern West Virginia mines around Irondale, Morgantown and Fairmont, especially the Scotts Run Coalfield. He was also a talented poet and musician, playing the banjo and fiddle at area dances and on the radio.
Claude was a coal cutter in the northern West Virginia mines around Irondale, Morgantown and Fairmont, especially the Scotts Run Coalfield. He was also a talented poet and musician, playing the banjo and fiddle at area dances and on the radio.